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California’s Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis, Justin Lynch and Tyler Messerschmidt set the American record in the 200-yard medley relay to start the NCAA Division I Men’s Championships.
Murphy (20.82), Katis (22.64), Lynch (20.33) and Messerschmidt (18.61) clocked a sizzling time of 1:22.40 this morning to down the American record.
That’s the fastest breaststroke split in history for Katis.
California held the previous American mark with a 1:22.83 from the 2014 NCAA Championships with Murphy, Katis, Tony Cox and Messerschmidt in that event.
Michigan still holds the NCAA and U.S. Open mark with a 1:22.27 from the 2013 NCAA Championships.
Southern California’s Luca Spinazolla, Morten Klarskov, Dylan Carter and Santo Condorelli claimed second this morning with a 1:23.90, while Alabama’s Connor Oslin, Anton McKee, Brett Walsh and Kristian Gkolomeev qualified third in 1:23.96.
Texas’ Kip Darmody, John Murray, Joseph Schooling and Brett Ringgold earned the fourth seed in 1:24.00.
1 California 1:24.15 1:22.40Aq
1) Murphy, Ryan SO 2) r:+0.30 Katis, Chuck SR
3) r:+0.26 Lynch, Justin FR 4) r:+0.16 Messerschmidt,yler JR
10.40 20.82 (20.82)
30.77 (9.95) 43.46 (22.64)
52.63 (9.17) 1:03.79 (20.33)
1:12.46 (8.67) 1:22.40 (18.61)
2 Southern Califor 1:24.39 1:23.90 q
1) Spinazzola, Luca SR 2) r:+0.25 Klarskov, Morten JR
3) r:+0.17 Carter, Dylan SO 4) r:+0.24 Condorelli, Santo SO
10.48 20.99 (20.99)
31.70 (10.71) 44.99 (24.00)
53.83 (8.84) 1:05.02 (20.03)
1:13.83 (8.81) 1:23.90 (18.88)
3 Alabama 1:24.43 1:23.96 q
1) Oslin, Connor SO 2) r:+0.24 McKee, Anton SO
3) r:+0.18 Walsh, Brett JR 4) r:+0.15 Gkolomeev, Kritian SO
10.56 21.24 (21.24)
31.87 (10.63) 45.12 (23.88)
54.22 (9.10) 1:05.63 (20.51)
1:14.28 (8.65) 1:23.96 (18.33)
4 Texas 1:23.88 1:24.00 q
1) Darmody, Kip SR 2) r:-0.13 Murray, John JR
3) r:+0.39 Schooling, Joseph FR 4) r:+0.40 Ringgold, Brett FR
10.65 21.37 (21.37)
32.08 (10.71) 44.96 (23.59)
53.93 (8.97) 1:04.84 (19.88)
1:13.84 (9.00) 1:24.00 (19.16)
5 Louisville 1:25.06 1:24.01 q
1) Tarasevich, Grigory SO 2) r:+0.03 Dahlia, Thomas SR
3) r:+0.18 Quallen, Josh SO 4) r:+0.07 Carroll, Trevor SO
10.80 21.64 (21.64)
31.91 (10.27) 44.98 (23.34)
53.78 (8.80) 1:05.08 (20.10)
1:13.87 (8.79) 1:24.01 (18.93)
6 Florida 1:24.95 1:24.14 q
1) Blyzinskyj, Jack SO 2) r:+0.07 Munch, Ricky SR
3) r:+0.21 Dressel, Caeleb FR 4) r:+0.24 Main, Corey JR
10.71 21.50 (21.50)
31.94 (10.44) 45.02 (23.52)
54.01 (8.99) 1:05.12 (20.10)
1:14.13 (9.01) 1:24.14 (19.02)
7 Auburn 1:24.91 1:24.18 q
1) Patching, Joe SO 2) r:+0.24 Duderstadt, Mihael SO
3) r:+0.25 Mendes, Arthur JR 4) r:+0.25 Darmody, Kyle SO
10.71 21.61 (21.61)
31.95 (10.34) 44.92 (23.31)
53.97 (9.05) 1:05.25 (20.33)
1:14.13 (8.88) 1:24.18 (18.93)
8 Tennessee 1:24.09 1:24.33 q
1) Lehane, Sean JR 2) r:+0.10 Stevens, Peter FR
3) r:+0.18 Thulin, Jacob SR 4) r:+0.09 Tillman, Troy SR
10.81 21.69 (21.69)
31.70 (10.01) 44.59 (22.90)
54.05 (9.46) 1:05.56 (20.97)
1:14.35 (8.79) 1:24.33 (18.77)
2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships, Live Results – Results
